Energy insights and career reflections

March 07, 2017

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Scott Hall, Marquis Conference Room

Join the Scott Institute for Energy Innovation as we hear from Stacey Olson, Chevron Appalachia LLC president, who will provide an overview of Chevron and the company’s global operations, highlighting the importance and magnitude of the region’s abundant energy resources. Focusing on the importance of diversity, inclusion, and cultural awareness, Olson will reflect on her career as an engineer and leader for a Fortune 500 company’s operations worldwide.

This event is free and open to all students and members of the public. Lunch will be available. Please plan to arrive 15 minutes before the start of the lecture.

“There is very little success where there is little laughter.” Andrew Carnegie

“I think great artists and great engineers are similar, in that they both have a desire to express themselves. ” Steve Jobs

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ” Will Durant

“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand” Chinese Proverb

“Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela

“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” Steve Jobs

“There's nothing I believe in more strongly than getting young people interested in science and engineering, for a better tomorrow, for all humankind.” Bill Nye

“At the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes—an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be, and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new.” Carl Sagan

“Creativity...involves the power to originate, to break away from the existing ways of looking at things, to move freely in the realm of imagination, to create and recreate worlds fully in one's mind—while supervising all this with a critical inner eye.” Oliver Sacks

“I just believe that the way that young people's minds develop is fascinating. If you are doing something for a grade or salary or a reward, it doesn't have as much meaning as creating something for yourself and your own life.” Steve Wozniak